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The farther one travels, the less one knows
sova
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The less one really knows...
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Knowing is a platform for the knower and the known to stand upon.
Travel ( internal or external) is just the disolving of that platform.
As I got older and (hopefully) wiser, I began to realize that what he sang about in his songs was true. I'm grateful that he chose to use his celebrity and success as a vehicle to give back by helping to bring my awareness, and I'm sure the awareness of many others, to some of these ideas.
"When traveling is made too easy and comfortable, its spiritual meaning is lost. This may be called sentimentalism, but a certain sense of loneliness engendered by traveling leads one to reflect upon the meaning of life, for life is after all a travelling from one unknown to another unknown." -- D.T. Suzuki
Also, I'm not sure if the message in the song can really apply to physical travelling though... I've found that through exploring other cities and ways of life, I've come to understand and appreciate a good deal more than if I stayed at home. My friends who don't travel but stay within their social circles get stuck in a rut - same jokes, same prejudices, same beliefs, etc. Travelling (esp backpacking) challenges all that. At least in my experience.
Maybe you don't get to know universal/cosmic truths like when you meditate, but it's definitely a different type of knowledge that can cultivate good qualities.